Atheendar Venkataramani
@atheendar
Physician and health economist @Penn; Director @OppforHealthLab.
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New in Health Affairs, led by Sanjay Basu, Dean Schillinger. "The Risk Of Perpetuating Health Disparities Through Cost-Effectiveness Analyses" Basic idea: standard CEA can perpetuate systemic discrimination in other markets healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hl…
Tune in tomorrow!! OfH Director Atheendar Venkataramani will be presenting “Wealth, Public Policy, and Racial Disparities in Longevity” at the NEO Black Health ’s “State of Reparations in the Black Community” virtual conference. Link below 👇🏽
🗞️ 🚨A study led by Sasmira Matta, co-authored by Atheendar Venkataramani and Paula Chatterjee, was recently covered in a Knowledge at Wharton article. Read the full story on how health care organizations may not be sufficiently investing in lower-wage health care workers here: knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/are-he….
PARC Associate Atheendar Venkataramani helped plan and will moderate a session: Identifying Midlife Social Exposures that Might Modify Risk for Cognitive Impairment Associated with Early Life Disadvantage: A Workshop August 29–30, 2024 | In-person & Online REGISTER: events.nationalacademies.org/43209_08-2024_…
Many health economists have joined the more open alternative to this place. Here's a list that makes it easy to join: go.bsky.app/Q3ajYW5 Here's Atheendar Venkataramani's list for population health: bsky.app/starter-pack-s… Ping me there if you join and I'll add you.
🚨🚨We (UPenn Medical Ethics & Health Policy) are hiring up to two new faculty members (Assistant Professors) in #HealthPolicy! We are specifically looking for researchers interested in #populationhealth (highlighted below) -- a key growth area for us. Join us! apply.interfolio.com/152931
🚨New WP Alert🚨 Jen-Kuan Wang and I analyze Taiwan's 1950s land reform, long seen as central to its economic takeoff—and to the East Asian Miracle. By digitizing archival data, we bring new causal evidence to the table. What we find is surprising! oliverwkim.com/papers/KimWang…
I'm so excited for Mihir Kakara - NYU Grossman School of Medicine, you are lucky to get him! Mihir is a rising star and has some fantastic work in the pipeline on the health and economic consequences of #disability policy. I've learned so much from him and can't wait to see what's next!